Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Back to Sites & Content

Newsletters

In-a-Nutshell - Nut Culture
Dried Plum News - Prune Culture
Olive Notes - Olive Culture

Newsletter Articles:

May 2025Archived

Field picture submitted by Elizabeth Fichtner

Publications

Pest Notes
- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

Article

Join UC ANR Moves at 1:15 p.m. on May 1

April 26, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Join the UC ANR Moves event on Wednesday, May 1, from 1:15 to 2 p.m.

View Article

Topics in Subtropics: Article

Check It Out - USDA State and County Ag Profiles

April 26, 2024

By Ben A Faber

State and County Profiles are now available. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the profiles Mar. 27, 2024.

View Article

Fire blight inhibits fruit development on pear. Jeanette Alosi

It’s Fire Blight Season!

April 26, 2024

If you are noticing droopy, dried-out flower clusters on your pears, Asian pears, quince, apples or crabapples, fire blight may be the cause. Fire blight is caused by a bacterium and is a common and frequently destructive disease that shows up in April and May.

View Article

Two year old nectarine and peach fruit bushes at Woodland Community College. photo by Steve Radosevich

The Savvy Sage: Article

Summer Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard

April 25, 2024

Most of us who grow fruit trees think of pruning as a winter practice, done when the tree is dormant and leafless, and the tree skeleton can be better observed.

View Article

Shasta County: Article

2024 May Tips 'N Topics

April 25, 2024

In this issue: County Ambassador Application deadline Nominations for Council positions Foothill 4-H Baking/Garden Project Report Fuzzy Goat Show Inter-Mountain Favorite Foods Day Results 4-H Thriving Model State Field Day Registration is OPEN ! Inter-Mountain Home Ec & Ag Stills Results Flag Instal...

View Article

UCCE in Santa Barbara County: Article

Free In-Person Vermicomposting Workshop

April 25, 2024

...

View Article

UCCE in Santa Barbara County: Article

May Garden Talk

April 25, 2024

Free Monthly Zoom Garden Talk What: Barn Owls & Integrated Pest Management When: Monday, May 6, 2024, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Master Gardener Dave McDonald will give a research based presentation on Barn Owls & Integrated Pest Management.

View Article

Spill the Beans: Article

Rose Garden Corral - May 2024

April 25, 2024

In the Master Gardener's Rose Cycle, May is when we fertilize with organic products, start deadheading and check our irritation systems. Last year we had a section of irrigation tubing that was chewed through by rodents in the garden.

View Article

UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New herbicides bring additional tools to California rice weed management in 2024

April 25, 2024

By Whitney B Brim-Deforest

This year brings several new chemical tools to California rice. With many herbicide-resistant species as well as emerging problematic weed species, the new chemistries are a welcome tool for managing resistance and preventing the selection of resistant biotypes.

View Article

Scotch Bonnet OG photos by Nanelle Jones-Sullivan

Under the Solano Sun: Article

Scotch Bonnet Jean

April 25, 2024

When I first married into my husband's family, I was new to the Capsicum chinense family, but I thought I knew to what Scotch Bonnet was. A Yank, in a family ofyardies. For years I would buy Scotch Bonnet plants, and for years, brother-in-law would say no.

View Article

Newsletters

Newsletter Articles:

Links

Publications

Pest Notes